According to a survey conducted in 2023 on the self-reported reasons European consumers did not want to buy an electric car, the majority of participants reported expensiveness as the leading factor inhibiting their purchase. Potential problems with charging an electric vehicle was also a common reason for not buying electric vehicles, with over a third of European respondents highlighting this issue.
Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy an electric car in Europe, as of July 2023
respondents who did not want to buy an electric car.
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
Original survey question: "Why don’t you want to buy an electric vehicle?"
Participants selected up to two answers.
Respondents came from national samples from each country. The quota approach was employed to ensure that the sample was representative of gender and age.
*The source conducted 3,000 interviews in France and 800 in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. 66 percent of respondents in Germany, 58 percent of respondents in Austria, 56 percent of respondents in Belgium, 67 percent of respondents in Spain, 62 percent of respondents in France, 73 percent of respondents in Italy, 50 percent of respondents in Norway, 60 percent of respondents in the Netherlands, 57 percent of respondents in Poland, 59 percent of respondents in Portugal, and 63 percent of respondents in the UK intended to purchase a car. These results are a subset of this subset, including respondents who reported not wanting to buy an electric vehicle. The overall count represents all respondents.
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Observatoire Cetelem. (October 17, 2023). Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy an electric car in Europe, as of July 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449025/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-an-electric-vehicle-europe/
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